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A hymn to Marduk for a king (Q000534)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A hymn to Marduk for a king |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000534 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {d}marduk he₂-til₃-e | May Marduk live! |
| 2 | X-la he₂-ri-ib-si-si | ... may he fill. |
| 3 | nam-til₃-zu {d}marduk he₂-eb₂-be₂ | May Marduk speak of your well-being |
| 4 | nam-til₃-la-zu he₂-ri-ib-sud-dam | May your life be prolonged. |
| 5 | ud du-ru-še₃ he₂-ri-ib-tuku-a | may it have a day of long days |
| 6 | he₂-til₃-la | may he live! |
| 7 | he₂-silim-ma | be reconciled, and |
| 8 | gi₁₆-sa-aš he₂-a | may it be treasure |
| 9 | ŋiš-šub-ba-zu nam-til₃-la he₂-a | May your offering be a life-giving offering |
| 10 | nam-til₃ šag₄ dug₃-ga ha-la-zu he₂-a | May your share be a life of well-being and a happy heart |
| 11 | ud nu₂-a ma-mu₂-zu he₂-en-sag₉ | When you lie down, may your name be good. |
| 12 | zig₃-ga-am₃ inim-ŋar-zu he₂-en-sag₉ | It is rising, may your words be pleasing. |
| 13 | ki ŋiri₃ gub-ba-zu silim-ma he₂-ni-ib₂-gen₆ | May he make you enter your stationed place in peace. |
| 14 | til₃-la lugal-ŋu₁₀ igi an-ne₂ a-a diŋir-re-e-ne-ke₄ sag₉-ga | The life of Lugal-bu, the eye of An, father of the intertwined ones, is good. |
| 15 | x lugal-zu kalam-ma he₂-ri-ib-il₂-e | ... may your king lift you up in the land. |
| 16 | x X {ŋiš}gu-za-zu su₃-u₄-ra₂-še₃ hu-mu-un-X X | May he ... your throne for you in the evening |
| 17 | KA X gi₁₆-sa-aš he₂-a | ... may it be treasure |
| 18 | ŋiš-šub-ba-zu nam-til₃-la he₂-a | May your offering be a life-giving offering |
| 19 | {d}a-a KA nam-til₃-la X x a₂-zu x | Aya, ... for the well-being ... your strength |
| 20 | ŋiš |DUG.LAGAB| a-ra₂ gub-ba ŋiš KA ŋiš LU x | “Seal of a tavern, standing for a long time, ..., |
| diŋir u₂ gu₇-am₃ a silim X til₃-la ud su₃-ra₂ ŋiš-šub-ba-zu ŋa₂-ŋa₂ a naŋ-naŋ | (Sum) The dibir temple is food to eat, the well-being of ... (Akk) In the distant future, in the future, when you enter, why should you not enter? | |
| 22 | ka-ta gub-ba nam-til₃ ha-ba-rig₇ | May he give life from the mouth!” |
| 23 | he₂-til₃-la he₂-silim-ma gi₁₆-sa-aš he₂-a | May he live, may he be healthy, and may there be treasure. |
| 24 | ŋiš-šub-ba-zu nam-til₃-la he₂-a | May your offering be a life-giving offering |
| 25 | nam-til₃ šag₄ dug₃-ga ha-la-zu he₂-a | May your share be a life of well-being and a happy heart |
| 26 | ud nu₂-a ma-mu₂-zu he₂-en-sag₉ | When you lie down, may your name be good. |
| 27 | zig₃-ga-am₃ inim-ŋar-zu he₂-en-sag₉ | It is rising, may your words be pleasing. |
| 28 | ki ŋiri₃ gub-ba-zu silim-ma he₂-ni-ib₂-gen₆ | May he make you enter your stationed place in peace. |
| 29 | ud du-ru-še₃ he₂-til₃ X x | May the distant days be long ... |
Sources & licences
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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